RAREFIED GAS FLOWS BY MONTE CARLO METHODS AND UNSTEADY GAS FLOWS IN GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS.

Abstract

Methods were developed for conducting numerical experiments with a model gas in a digital computer. The methods were used to investigate the structure of strong normal shock waves, and the aerodynamic properties of simple bodies in the hypersonic transition regime. The quasi-steady equilibrium state of a shockheated atmosphere was studied with particular reference to the solar atmosphere. A method was also developed for the study of the unsteady behaviour of a heated atmosphere. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 1965
Accession Number
AD0618309

Entities

People

  • G. A. Bird

Organizations

  • University of Manchester

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Computers
  • Digital Computers
  • Flow
  • Gas Flow
  • Gases
  • Gravitational Fields
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Rarefied Gases
  • Shock
  • Shock Waves
  • Solar Atmosphere
  • Transitions
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flight
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow